Necktie-stretcher



F. R. RUSH.

NECKTIE STRETCHER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 9, 1919.

1,330,01 O. Patented Feb. 3,1920.

Snow wot FRANK R. RUSH, OF JAMESTOWN, NEW YORK.

NECKTIE-STRETCHER.

Specification of Letters Yatent.

Application filed April 9, 1919. Serial No. 288,731.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANKVR. RUSH, a' citizen of the United States, residing at Jamestown, in the county of Chautauqua, State of New York, have invented a new and useful Necktiestretcher; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,

and exact description of the invention, such as. will enable others skilled in the art to which -it appertains to make and use the same.

,The present invention relates to an imroved necktie stretcher, and has for its object to' provide a device of this character which embodies novel features of construction whereby it can be readily inserted in the flared ends offa four-in-hand' tie or the like and will hold the same in a stretched condition when not in use, thereby removing all wrinkles therefrom and enabling the tie to be kept in perfect condition. y

Further objects of the invention are to provide a necktie stretcher which can be inexpensively'formed from a single length of wire, which can be quickly placed in position or removed therefrom, which can not injure the necktie in an'yjmanner, and which will effectively stretch the ends of a four-inhand tie in such a manner as to remove the wrinkles therefrom.

With these and other objects in View, the invention consists in certain novel combinations and arrangements of the parts as will more fully appear as the description proceeds, the novel features thereof being pointed out in the appended claim.

For a full understanding of the invention,

reference is to be had to the following dee scription and accompanying drawings, in

which to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference charactersi The scarf or'necktie stretcher can'be inexpensively formed from a single length of spring wire, and includes a pair of stretch-1 ing elements A and B which are suitably formed to engage the flared ends of a fourin-hand tie such as that indicated. at C.

. stretcher from a nail or the desired.

The stretching element A includes a pair of creasing arms 1 which have a flat formation and are straight, saidcreasing arms being flared and connected at their converging ends by a spring bow 2. In a similar manner the stretching element B isformed of a pair of diver ing creasing arms 3 which are straight'and ave a flattened formation, the converging ends of the arms being connected by a' resilient bow 4. The creasing arms 3 of the stretching element B'are longer than the arms 1 of the stretching element A, and are arranged at a smaller angle, the element B being adapted to be inserted in the large end of a four in-hand tie, and the stretching element A into the small end of the tie, as indicated by Fig. 3. The two stretching Patented Feb. 3, 1920.

frames A and B are preferably arranged in flected finger pieces '6. The device can be readilyformed from a singlepiece of spring wire, those "portions of the wire which form the creasing arm's being flattened so that 'they will have comparatively sharp edge portions adapted to engage the folded portions of the fabric and form creases therein. This flattening of these creasing'armsalso stiffens the same-so that they will not bend and deflect the creasing edges from a straight line. The flared ends ofa. necktie can be readily pulled on the respective stretching elements.A and-B, the creasing arms of the respective stretching elements being sprung inwardly toward each other to accommodate the tie, and the resiliency of the body elements 2 and 4 holding the creasing arms in a spring engagement with the folded portions of the tie fabric so that the tie will be maintained in a stretched condition, thereby effectively removing all wrinkles and creases therefrom. A four-inhand tie can thus be preserved in a most effective manner, and the curved connecting arm 5 .may be utilized for hanging the like, if such is Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A device for simultaneously stretching both ends of a necktie, said device being forrned of a si ngle Imigihar resilient wire and including a pair of stretching elements arran ed in spaced'and' parallel planes, each .stretc ing element comprising a pair of (ii-. verging creasing arms which are connected at their converging ends by integral resilient bowsQthe stretching elements being adapted -ends of a ends ofthe other creasing arms areconnected.

by an integral resilient bow, the several creasing arms being flattened in the planes of the respective stretching element's.

' In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. i

FRANK 'R. RUSH.

Witnesses:- 1 i H. L. HUNT,

NORMAN RTHQMPSONQ 

